Kierra Johnson joined The National LGBTQ Task Force in 2018 as its Deputy Executive Director. She has served as its President since 2021.METRO WEEKLY: Tell me about your experience on election night.
How did you feel when the night first started, and when did it sink in for you that things were not going as hoped?KIERRA JOHNSON: First of all, I couldn’t sleep.
The night before, I was so — my family likes to say, “nervous-cited,” we created a new word that’s nervous and excited — so, I was nervous-cited.
I was like, on one hand, the excitement of the historical moment that we are in was just so motivating. And I had just come back from Pennsylvania knocking on doors, and so, I was on a high from that, and I was talking to my kids.
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